Cars with 'character'
Re: Cars with 'character'
Very Rare now . its still alive just locked away in the new owners garage and only comes out in the summer . Same with the 3 door , there hitting great figures now 25-30k for a tidy example . Maybe a car I should of kept
Re: Cars with 'character'
I parked next to a Escort Cosworth the other day in a Tesco car park. Couldn't believe I saw one in the wild, let alone in a Tesco car park. Was in good nick, too.
Daytona RS6 C5 Avant. Viper'd, Billies, Waggers, MTM box brain, C6 stoppers, xcarlink, R8 coolant cap (woohoo)
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
Re: Cars with 'character'
A few people I know still have them , again shooting up in value and I wouldn't leave it in any car park . I always wanted a mallard green one but never took the jump !
Re: Cars with 'character'
Another car with character that I've just been reminded of was my mate's imported Scooby WRX from '93 or 94. It was a proper POS. Grey imported from Japland as was the fashion then.
It had a weird box with buttons and knobs on it in the glovebox and some unidentified dials in the center console. Changing any of the settings cause the car to run like a complete dog instantly.
Driving around at night you would constantly be distracted by the flashes of light from behind you. We realised it was the exhaust gasses self-igniting. This just added to the comedy noises the car would make under almost any driving condition. Whistles, burbles, pops, twangs and chatters.
We took it on an epic Europe trip with 4 other cars. About 30 seconds before leaving on this tour I cast my eyes around the garage for anything that might be useful on this lads driving / camping / nurburgring trip. I grabbed an old fire extinguisher and shoved it in the boot.
Pressing on in the Pyrenees between France and Spain, the engine caught fire with copious amounts of smoke. I was Paxing in another car behind and radioed to my mate this his car was on fire. I pulled the extinguiser out of the boot and pointed it at the source of the smoke (we'd debatted whether opening the bonnet was a good idea or not, and decided that, on balance, it probably was but not before taking lots of photos). The extinguisher gave a sort of sigh and sent a bit of powder at the engine for about half a second before drying up. Afterwards I saw that it had gone past its use-by date by a fair number of years. It turned out to be just enough to put out the fire.
Eventually got the car picked up on a flatbed and towed to a dodgy garage where it was found that the PS pump pipe had burst and sprayed brake fluid on the exhaust, hence the fire. A new pipe fitted and we were playing catch-up to the other cars which had carried on.
Next day on the burger ring, the PS pump failed in a 100mph corner and the steering went rock hard -> Brown pants. It was hard work driving the car back to the UK.
It eventually expired south of Le Mans with severe engine damage. We were flat-bedded to the ferry.
Still makes me smile to remember the comedy noises of the car, though.
It had a weird box with buttons and knobs on it in the glovebox and some unidentified dials in the center console. Changing any of the settings cause the car to run like a complete dog instantly.
Driving around at night you would constantly be distracted by the flashes of light from behind you. We realised it was the exhaust gasses self-igniting. This just added to the comedy noises the car would make under almost any driving condition. Whistles, burbles, pops, twangs and chatters.
We took it on an epic Europe trip with 4 other cars. About 30 seconds before leaving on this tour I cast my eyes around the garage for anything that might be useful on this lads driving / camping / nurburgring trip. I grabbed an old fire extinguisher and shoved it in the boot.
Pressing on in the Pyrenees between France and Spain, the engine caught fire with copious amounts of smoke. I was Paxing in another car behind and radioed to my mate this his car was on fire. I pulled the extinguiser out of the boot and pointed it at the source of the smoke (we'd debatted whether opening the bonnet was a good idea or not, and decided that, on balance, it probably was but not before taking lots of photos). The extinguisher gave a sort of sigh and sent a bit of powder at the engine for about half a second before drying up. Afterwards I saw that it had gone past its use-by date by a fair number of years. It turned out to be just enough to put out the fire.
Eventually got the car picked up on a flatbed and towed to a dodgy garage where it was found that the PS pump pipe had burst and sprayed brake fluid on the exhaust, hence the fire. A new pipe fitted and we were playing catch-up to the other cars which had carried on.
Next day on the burger ring, the PS pump failed in a 100mph corner and the steering went rock hard -> Brown pants. It was hard work driving the car back to the UK.
It eventually expired south of Le Mans with severe engine damage. We were flat-bedded to the ferry.
Still makes me smile to remember the comedy noises of the car, though.
Daytona RS6 C5 Avant. Viper'd, Billies, Waggers, MTM box brain, C6 stoppers, xcarlink, R8 coolant cap (woohoo)
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
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